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Highway to Hell Tour

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Location
  
Europe North America

Associated album
  
Highway to Hell

Start date
  
13 August 1979 (1979-08-13)

End date
  
27 January 1980 (1980-01-27)

Legs
  
2 in Europe 1 in North America 3 total

No. of shows
  
64 in Europe 37 in North America 101 total

Highway to Hell Tour was a concert tour by Australian rock band AC/DC in support of the group's seventh studio album, Highway to Hell, which was released on 27 July 1979. The tour began on 13 August 1979 at Rijnhal in Arnhem, Netherlands and continued throughout Europe and North America until it concluded on 27 January 1980 at Southampton's Gaumont Theatre. This was the last tour with Bon Scott.

Contents

Personnel

  • Bon Scott – lead vocals
  • Angus Young – lead guitar
  • Malcolm Young – rhythm guitar and backing vocals
  • Cliff Williams – bass guitar and backing vocals
  • Phil Rudd – drums

    • Setlist

    Songs played overall
    1. "Riff Raff"
    2. "Live Wire"
    3. "Shot Down in Flames"
    4. "Hell Ain't a Bad Place to Be"
    5. "Sin City"
    6. "Problem Child"
    7. "Walk All Over You"
    8. "Bad Boy Boogie"
    9. "The Jack"
    10. "Highway to Hell"
    11. "High Voltage"
    12. "Girls Got Rhythm"
    13. "Touch Too Much"(only played on 14 December)
    14. "Whole Lotta Rosie"
    15. "Beating Around The Bush"(only played on 10 February )
    16. "Rocker" [first encore]
    17. "If You Want Blood You've Got It"
    18. "T.N.T." [second encore]
    19. "Dog Eat Dog"
    20. "Baby, Please Don't Go"
      [Final Encore]
    21. "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)"
    22. "Let There Be Rock"

    References

    Highway to Hell Tour Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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